So I became a witch

"Who knows." I shrugged. In the years I was on duty, I saw this kind of thing a lot. I once saw a girl who had a crush on a boy for many years but failed to come into his house with a grudge and lurked for years as a maid. After his wife and daughter died, the so-called human heart is infinitely darker than you can imagine.

"So, what were you doing that night?" I asked.

"do not know."

"???"

"I really don't know." Bingyangxin sighed, with a troubled look on his face, "I don't know if I was drunk or what, I can't remember the memory at that time, at most I only remember that I was one of Yang Zhihua's what party..."

Amnesia again?And if you look at the time, Christmas Eve seven years ago...I always feel that something is not right.

"What about other things? You have been the mayor of Xingjiang City for so many years, and you don't feel that there is anything wrong with this city?"

Although it was only a slight change, I still noticed the change in his facial expression.

There is a door!

I continued to ask: "And you left this city suddenly six years ago to become the governor of another place, right? You seemed to be leaving in a hurry. What happened? And the changes in your daughter , don’t you have a trace of curiosity? Even the doctor said that the wound is absolutely incurable, but she has recovered, do you really believe in a miracle?”

I stared intently into his eyes, and he looked back at me.The two of us looked at each other for more than ten minutes, Bingyang Xin gave up first, he sighed, shook his head with a wry smile: "It seems that you will not give up, well, I will let me know Something to tell you, but the premise is that what we are talking about now must not be known to others. I am not joking, this is a really serious matter."

Bingyang Xin looked at me with a serious expression, which made me understand that what he said was not child's play.

"Then, president..." I looked at Ye Siya, meaning that she had better avoid it.I don't care, but if possible, I still hope that she can stay away from these things.

"I'm sorry Xiaochen, I can't listen to you this time, because it may involve my sister's affairs." Although Ye Siya was smiling, her words were quite firm.

"Looks like you're all going to listen. Well, mind if I have a cigarette?"

"I don't care, but this is a confined space, and you're still bleeding..."

"It's okay, the air exchange device here has been running all the time, and the smell of smoke will be exhausted soon." Bingyang Xin waved his hand casually, took out a pack of soft Chinese from the pocket of the jacket he took off just now, and took out Two unstained cigarettes, handed me one.

"I still don't want it anymore..." Although I can smoke, I am not addicted.

Bingyang Xin frowned: "What kind of a man doesn't even smoke."

No, even if I say that I am a man now, I have no confidence at all, and regarding the topic of "If you don't smoke, you are not a man", I just want to say: "Smoking is not your secondary sexual characteristic, why are you not a man? "

He was so choked by me that he had no choice but to take back the cigarette, and muttered: "Huh, it's fine if you don't smoke, I won't give it to you if you want..."

Hey, hey, can you stop acting like a child at a time like this?I'm a little speechless.

Bingyang Xin took out a lighter from the bedside table, looking very familiar with the environment here.He took a deep breath, and after brewing for a while, he exhaled a beautiful smoke ring, and then said slowly: "That is, it happened more than ten years ago, right? I just completed a dangerous fire that year. I was seriously injured, and just when I thought I had to leave the army, my superiors gave me a mission, which is also the last and most important mission of my military career."

"This task is..." I vaguely guessed something.

He didn't answer me right away, but went on to say: "The confidentiality level of this task is extremely high, it is the highest level of 'top secret' (according to the classification of state secrets in Article [-] of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of State Secrets") There are three levels of "top secret", "confidential" and "secret". "Top secret" is the most important state secret, leaking will cause serious damage to the security and interests of the country; "confidential" is an important state secret, leaking will cause cause serious damage to the country's security and interests; "secret" is a general state secret, leaking will cause damage to the country's security and interests.), so no one except me and a special lineman knew about the mission. The specific content, including that I only know a little about it. After that, I brought my newly married wife to Xingjiang City and became the mayor of Xingjiang City. Fortunately, the affairs here are quite leisurely, so I am dealing with official business At the same time, the main thing is to heal the body.”

"This is so unreasonable..." I muttered to myself. Although Xingjiang City is indeed quite alienated from the central government due to historical reasons, the real power in the city is still controlled by some famous local gentry. The default attitude, the mayor's secretary or something is actually just a decoration, but after all, it's too strange to let a retired special soldier be the mayor.

"You must be wondering what kind of relationship I rely on to become the mayor?" Bingyang Xin saw through my thoughts at a glance, "Well, although my family does belong to that kind of prestigious family, I probably The most rebellious member among them, otherwise I wouldn't just go my own way and become a special soldier, so I actually fell out with the family very early on, and I was able to become the mayor because of that mission."

"So you can tell me what the task is!" I'm about to get sick from your anxiety.

Bingyang Xin didn't say anything immediately, but continued to say unhurriedly: "In the beginning, I actually didn't know what this task was, because at that time, my daily life was quite inconvenient, and the instructions given to me were to recuperate well. .During that period, I had a pretty laidback life, forgetting for a while that I was still on a mission, until I met someone."

"who is it?"

"You guys also know that person, he is the current Patriarch of the Yang Group, Yang Zhihua." Bingyang Xin took another puff of cigarette, "At first I just treated him as an older brother, because he has a gentle personality, He didn't have the arrogance of a high-ranking person at all, and he taught me a lot... It wasn't until the plan was implemented that I realized that he was the person I was looking for."

"Plan? What plan?" My breathing became involuntarily short.

He glanced at me: "Witch's game... If it's you, you must have heard of this word?"

"...Yeah, it's too much to vomit." If it wasn't for this damn game, how could I be in the situation I am today.

"Really? That's really hard work for you." Bingyang Xin nodded, showing an expected expression, "Although I don't know who told you or you found it yourself, I guess what you know The meaning of the word is nothing more than a game held by the witch for her own entertainment, right?"

"Isn't that so?" I asked back.

"Basically correct, but this is only the name we announced to the public. The real name of this project is, 'Investigation and analysis of witch power and the possibility of witch replication'."

"Wait a minute, what is the meaning of the witch you've been talking about since just now? Could it be that it has something to do with my sister's current appearance?"

By the way, I almost forgot that there was a completely unaware person beside me.After thinking about it, I still told Ye Siya the general situation.

"...In other words, did my sister and brother Ling get involved in such a horrible incident?" Ye Siya murmured.

Chapter 76 Truth

"Sister? Ling? You..." Bingyang Xin frowned, seeming to have noticed something.

"So, what exactly is this plan for?" I already had an answer in my heart, but I said it first in order to interrupt his concentration.

Bingyang Xin took a deep look at me, did not continue to ask, but continued: "This world is far from being as simple as we imagined. Due to the narrow understanding of human beings, there are many things we don't know. Now, in your opinion, what kind of thing is a witch?"

I hesitated for a while, then said carefully: "Probably a higher-level, higher-dimensional life than human beings?"

He nodded: "Very correct understanding. In fact, in our investigation and research, we found that the essence of the witch is actually a life of a higher level than ours, and it is also the ultimate goal of human evolution. Throughout the ages, countless ancestors have tried , How to evolve from a human to a higher life. This method is called "cultivation" today, and the road they walked is also called the "road of mortals."

Although I've heard Xia Luohua say it once, I still can't help but want to say: "You look like a cow-nosed old man in those TV dramas. And these things shouldn't be within your reach as a mayor, right?" You must know that I also learned from Xia Luohua, a terribly strong guy, that although Governor Bing's words are stronger than ordinary people, they are by no means inhuman.

Bingyang Xin was noncommittal: "I said it, because I was born in a big family, so I have a certain understanding of these private things. When Yang Zhihua told me about these things, I immediately understood. But you , I am just an 'ordinary' senior high school student, but I am curious to know so much."

"There are many reasons for this." I said vaguely, "Then, is the end of this road the level of the witch?"

"No." Bingyangxin sighed, and said with a wry smile, "The so-called gap between witches and humans can't be exaggerated, even if you reach the end of the 'mortal world' road, I'm afraid you won't be able to see its true colors. "

"If that's the case, how dare you boast that you want to study witches? Are you not afraid of your own destruction?" I said.

"Of course, just relying on our words, it is natural that we can't even meet the side of the witch. Even if we gather all the technological weapons of human beings in the world, I'm afraid they can't hurt a single hair of the witch. However, at that time, a mysterious organization appeared In front of us, they claim to be the guardians of the world. They have been fighting against witches and protecting the world from them since a long time ago. Although they have incredible power, the battle with witches is also heavy casualties. At most It's just driving the witches back to their world. However, all this changed in Xingjiang City a hundred years ago."

"Xingjiang City a hundred years ago?"

"Witches can't be defeated, let alone killed, because we can't understand them, and naturally we can't know their weaknesses. Every time we fight with witches, we often pay countless lives, and we just drive them away." They just ran away, and they will reappear in this world after their rest. However, the battle a hundred years ago was different, we successfully captured the witch and sealed her in Xingjiang City."

"Sealed...the witch?"

"Yes, it was really sealed. To this day, the witch still has not escaped from her bondage, and she is trapped somewhere in Xingjiang City and cannot move. I don't know the specific scene of that battle. I only know that the price involved is modern times. The most tragic thing so far is that countless ancestors died in this place, with no bones left. Then 20 years ago, the country and that organization reached a consensus to jointly study the witch who was sealed here, and each sent a representative, a bright-faced administrator It's the mayor of Xingjiang City, that's me, and the administrator of the dark side is..."

"The Yang family?" I said softly, "Then, so is the so-called witch game?"

"That is not actually a game held by the witch, but a ceremony jointly held by the government and that organization to study the power of the witch. The address is a fictional space created after the Great War that year. The method of the ceremony is to refer to the witch game recorded in ancient books. , through a mandatory ceremony, the power of the witch was extracted to form a creature called a 'void beast'. Afterwards, seven girls who met the requirements were selected, and they were given the imitated witch seed. By killing those void beasts, Obtain the power of the witch. In the end, we will recycle those seeds to achieve the purpose of research. Repeat this.” Bingyang Xin calmly said the truth of everything.

I heaved a long sigh, it was quite clear at this point.It all stems from the war a hundred years ago, those cultivators sealed the witch somehow.As the first witch to be captured by humans, she was naturally coveted by people who yearn for power, so they collaborated in the 'anatomy' of the witch.But the general research method is definitely not enough, no matter what you say, the existence of witches is far beyond human beings, so there is a game of witches.The participants are equivalent to a collector. The meaning of their existence is to keep killing the virtual beasts born from the power of the witch, absorb these powers, and recover them by specialized personnel to complete the purpose of research.

"Then, why don't you tell those participants this fact? At least let them understand why I died." I tried my best to suppress my excitement and asked through gritted teeth.If I used to be, I would have cut him down with a sword without saying a word, but now I just feel powerless.

No wonder I couldn't find any traces no matter how I searched, since the Witch Game has been held in this city for more than ten years and I don't know anything about it.What I am facing is not just a mysterious organization at all, but also the power of a country.

"In that case, it will only cause unnecessary panic. Every participant has already ascertained their will before participating in this plan, and they will not regret it even if they die. There is no need to say anything beyond that. " Bingyang Xin said coldly.

"Then, why did you release some tasks that let them kill each other? Is it also for research?"

"Unfortunately, that's out of our control."

"???"

"Because this game, in the final analysis, is held with the power of the witch. Although the witch is sealed, she has always been conscious. She knows our intentions, so she manipulated the rules of the virtual space to a certain extent, in an attempt to make the participants Cannibalism, to stop the progress of our research, in fact, she did the same."

"What are you kidding, is that why my sister fell into a coma..." Ye Siya lowered her head, her body trembling.

"Your sister is also one of those participants." Bingyang Xin glanced at her, "I'm sorry for this, I can only say that your sister has made great contributions to the security and future of this country .”

"Then do you know how much Ye Siya suffered after this!" I couldn't help but growled at him.

Bingyangxin's expression was calm: "But, didn't Yang Zhihua pay all her sister's medical expenses in advance? She also allowed her to enjoy a luxurious life that she had never had before. In fact, not only her, but all the relatives of the participants Properly arranged by the country, except for some impossible wishes such as resurrecting the dead, the others have basically been realized. As for the survivors who survived by chance, we have washed away that part of the relevant memory. Somewhere far away, I lived a happy life. From the very beginning, we have explained the danger of the game, and if we still want to participate, it means that we have already prepared in our hearts. And we did not break our promise, and we did achieve it. their wishes."

Ye Siya, who learned the truth, seemed to have been severely injured, stumbled backwards, tripped over the hanger and sat on the sofa, her face pale: "So, it's all because of my sister..."

The scene was silent for a long time, until after Bingyang Xin smoked the whole cigarette, he put the cigarette end in the ashtray and extinguished it, and then said unhurriedly: "This is the truth you want to know. Then, you Are you ready to accept it?"

"It's not like that..." Ye Siya said weakly.She hugged her body into a small ball and buried her face in her knees, "Sister, she didn't fight for such a reason, she just wanted to..."

"For what? For my own wish? In that case, what difference does it make in terms of results? The wishes of the participants were fulfilled at the cost of their lives. Similarly, for us, we also collected more information about the witch. Isn't this a joy for all?"

"But it's just that you lied to them!" Ye Siya suddenly raised her head and shouted hysterically, "Do you know what kind of mood they have to participate in this game! Participants who are like sisters are not your guinea pigs!"

"They should be honored, because their sacrifices are valuable. Through the seeds they recovered, we have obtained a lot of information about witches and mastered many cutting-edge technologies. Once verified, human civilization will advance for at least a hundred years."

"Are you trying to say, let my sister die for you?" She said in a trembling tone.

"It's not for us, but for all mankind." Bingyang Xin corrected, "Do you know how big this world is? Human beings are not even dust in it. As long as there is a slight change in this world, there will be Countless human beings died."

Chapter 77 Truth

"Even if we embark on the path of the mortal world, human beings have changed from dust to slightly larger ants. In the eyes of the witch, they are still objects that can be played with at will. We never know what is waiting for us in front of us, even if tens of thousands Compared with the entire river of time, the civilization of [-] years is just a blink of an eye. This is the only chance for human beings to study witches at close range, and it is also the only chance for us to allow the race to evolve and survive in this universe. For the continuation of the race, there will never be any mistakes."

"Completely... can't understand."

"That's because you are still young, and you live in a world where the truth is protected and the truth is hidden. If one day, when you truly witness the cruelty of this world, you will become one of us."

"That's impossible. I will never, never forgive you guys who have tarnished my sister's wishes!"

"I said so much, not to ask for your forgiveness. I understand that what I have done is probably the worst from a human point of view, but from the perspective of the entire race, I did not do it. Wrong, and I don’t intend to repent. You are all directly or indirectly related to this plan, so you are entitled to know the truth.” Bingyang Xin looked at me again, with the same cold eyes as before, “What about you, how did you What do you think?"

At the same time, Ye Siya also looked at me with hopeful eyes.

"I..." I opened my mouth and froze here.

I do not know.

I could understand what each of them said.For Bingyangxin, the continuation of mankind is the most important thing, and it doesn't matter if a small number of people's lives are sacrificed for this.In my opinion, Xia Luohua is already quite powerful, and the power of the witch is far above it. Human beings finally have such a chance to obtain the power of the witch, so it is naturally impossible to give up; but for Ye Siya, human beings or something No matter what, her sister is the only one in her world. In her opinion, those participants should fight for their own wishes, instead of being deceived like a guinea pig, dying for the unintelligible righteousness Bar.

Just because I understand their mutual thoughts, I understand that it is absolutely impossible for them to reach a consensus.

On the one hand, for the continuation of the race, and on the other hand, for the well-being of the individual. The comparison between 1 and 100, can it really be said that 100 must be right?I have no idea.

If it was "Luo Tianling", how would she choose?

In the end, it's just a useless assumption.

"What about Bingying? Since you have participated in this project, you should have seen that she has also become one of the participants, right?" In the end, I chose to avoid this question and used another question asked rhetorically.

"……Um."

"In that case, why didn't you stop her?"

"Because that is her own choice. I have no right to stop her, whether from my father or from the military."

"Are you kidding...that's your daughter! Are you going to watch her die like this?"

"But what can I do! What can't be done is just can't be done!" Bingyang Xin finally tore off that calm face, and became ferocious, "That's my only daughter! How can I Maybe I just watched her die! But I can't do it." He leaned tiredly on the chair, as if he had aged ten years in an instant, only at this time did the man reveal his weakness side.Now he is no longer a soldier, a politician, but just a father.

"Then tell me everything you know! Before it's too late!" I pressed his shoulders tightly and said.

"I don't know, since I left this city six years ago, I don't know anything about the witch's plan."

"So, what's the way to stop it?"

"No way, once the witch game starts, there is absolutely no way to stop it. There are only two ways to pass the witch game, one is to complete the tasks set by the witch, and the other, which is what we guessed at the beginning, is to defeat The seven king beasts in the virtual space, so that you can directly see the witch, truly understand the source of her power, and don't need to spend your life to explore. But these two methods are no longer feasible."

"Why is that?" I frowned.

"Because this plan was terminated six years ago."

"Termination? What does that mean?" I froze.

"It means literally. Because of the interference of an unknown factor six years ago, the Witch Project collapsed, and it hasn't recovered yet."

"Are you kidding...then who is behind the witch game we are participating in?" I said hoarsely, feeling the chill coming from behind.

"It's because I don't know, that's why I said there's no way. As early as three years ago, I noticed the changes in Bingying and the mysterious serial death incident that happened to another participant, Yao Xinchang. I deliberately contacted my superiors, and they also attached great importance to this, but the result of various investigations is that the Witch Project has been shelved indefinitely. I am worried all day long, for fear that Bingying will disappear from my eyes one day, but this This situation has never happened. In this way, three years have passed, and I have almost forgotten about it, but Bingying's abnormal behavior these days made me realize something. Sure enough, the witch game has been reopened, right?"

I didn't answer, it was the default.

"Is it... the time? Is it counted from the day Yao Xinchang was killed? That is to say... the fifth day?!" Bingyang Xin gritted his teeth.

Sure enough, this witch game is really weird.If, according to Ice Father, the previous witch games were all jointly organized by the mysterious organization behind Xia Luohua and the government, then who organized this witch game?Why were the wishes of the participants realized ahead of schedule, and it took three years before the official start?What kind of role did Xia Luohua play in it?Why did she kill Yang Zhihua who belonged to the same lineup?Why was the witch game stopped?All of these actually point to one thing, that is...

"Tell me." I looked into Bingyang Xin's eyes seriously, "Six years ago, what happened?"

"We have no way of knowing what exactly happened, because all the records mysteriously disappeared on Christmas Eve six years ago. However, one person may know."

"Who?" I asked anxiously.

"We don't know her real body, nor her name, but only her code name, 'Ling'."

"...huh?" Ye Siya and I were in a daze at the same time.

Bingyangxin did not notice the change in our expressions, and continued on his own: "She is not any of the seven, but she also has the seed of a witch, and there is no record of her information in the test object list. It is even more incredible What's more, she has a quality that far surpasses the other seven, and her adaptability to witch power is amazing, it's really strange, why we have never discovered a girl with such a quality before."

You ask why... of course it's because I was a boy before I swallowed the seeds...